Results of Christmas Bird Counts Conducted  in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee during the 20042005 (105th) CBC Season

Wilson's Snipe photographed during the DeKalb County, Tennessee, CBC 28 December 2004; photo Judy C. Fuson.

 

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    Results of Regional CBCs for the 20042005 CBC season may be viewed in the context of results from earlier seasons at links available by clicking below:

 

Table 1. Data from CBCs conducted in the UCR during the 20042005 season.

Location Somer-set Wayne
Co.
Glas-
gow
Clay
Co.
Cooke-ville White
Co.
DeKalb
Co.
Warren Co.
State KY KY KY TN TN TN TN TN
Date (Dec/Jan) 1 27 31 16 18 21 28 30
Number of Field Observers 14 5 4 10 15 10 16 7
Number of Feederwatchers 13 0 1 0 4 0 5 1
Number of Parties 6 3 2 6 67 5 7 23
Number of Party Hours 57 27.75 19 55.5 51 47.25 65.25 27.5
Number of Species 79 83 70 80 83 89 79 71
Compiler RMD RMD WMM TMC SJS DAD CDW SJS
                 
Location Somer-set Wayne
Co.
Glas-
gow
Clay
Co.
Cooke-ville White
Co.
DeKalb
Co.
Warren Co.
Snow Goose, white form -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- --
Canada Goose 321 644 -- 93 327 272 38 319
Mute Swan -- 21 -- -- -- -- -- --
Tundra Swan -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Wood Duck -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- --
Gadwall 12 37 27 10 7 3 -- 8
American Wigeon -- 15 1 -- cw 6 -- --
Mallard 626 290 84 54 97 303 90 221
American Black Duck 82 10 10 -- 4 10 4 2
Northern Pintail -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Green-winged Teal 3 5 2 -- cw 1 -- --
Redhead 10 12 -- -- -- -- -- --
Ring-necked Duck 29 37 1 28 cw 150 4 48
Lesser Scaup -- 3 -- -- -- -- 12 --
Scaup sp. -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- --
Bufflehead -- 18 -- 47 10 6 -- 2
Common Goldeneye -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Hooded Merganser 71 14 1 31 18 89 3 6
Common Merganser -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- 3
Ruddy Duck -- -- -- -- 9 -- -- --
                 
Location Somer-set Wayne
Co.
Glas-
gow
Clay
Co.
Cooke-ville White
Co.
DeKalb
Co.
Warren Co.
Northern Bobwhite 1 -- -- 2 11 6 -- --
Wild Turkey 45 12 -- 43 26 66 28 11
Pied-billed Grebe 2 4 8 4 3 1 17 6
Horned Grebe -- 36 -- 127 2 -- 225 --
Rock Pigeon 298 47 55 143 149 301 67 191
Eurasian Collared-Dove -- 1 -- -- -- -- 3 3
Mourning Dove 1069 256 60 203 273 396 130 206
Rufous Hummingbird -- -- -- -- 1 -- 1 --
American Coot 2 3 -- 145 9 4 -- 10
Sandhill Crane -- -- -- 349 14 260 -- --
Killdeer 32 6 -- 99 68 30 47 46
American Woodcock -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- --
Wilson's Snipe 18 1 -- 4 -- 34 18 6
Bonaparte's Gull 14 225 200 232 cw 17 56 --
Ring-billed Gull 147 42 4600 187 cw 150 580 --
Herring Gull 1 -- 10 -- -- -- -- --
Common Loon -- -- 2 18 -- 2 19 --
Double-crested Cormorant -- 1 -- 1 -- -- -- --
Great Blue Heron 12 10 10 11 17 28 24 9
                 
Location Somer-set Wayne
Co.
Glas-
gow
Clay
Co.
Cooke-ville White
Co.
DeKalb
Co.
Warren Co.
Black Vulture 36 6 9 46 310 414 195 3
Turkey Vulture 71 3 4 121 160 62 475 10
Northern Harrier -- -- 2 2 2 9 12 1
Golden Eagle -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
     Adult -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     Immature -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2 1 3 5 4 3 --
Cooper's Hawk 6 4 5 5 10 6 5 3
     Accipiter sp. 3 -- -- -- 2 -- -- 1
Bald Eagle -- 3 -- 6 -- 1 3 --
     Adult -- 2 -- 1 -- 1 2 --
     Immature -- 1 -- 5 -- -- 1 --
Red-shouldered Hawk 10 2 -- 10 13 12 3 2
Red-tailed Hawk 36 17 12 40 42 65 65 23
Barn Owl -- -- -- -- 3 -- -- --
Eastern Screech-Owl 2 1 1 9 3 3 3 1
Great Horned Owl 8 1 -- 4 6 2 1 1
Barred Owl 1 -- -- 4 2 2 5 1
                 
Location Somer-set Wayne
Co.
Glas-
gow
Clay
Co.
Cooke-ville White
Co.
DeKalb
Co.
Warren Co.
Belted Kingfisher 10 2 5 8 12 7 13 5
Red-headed Woodpecker 2 -- -- 1 -- 3 1 --
Red-bellied Woodpecker 52 15 10 19 29 40 34 16
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 3 1 8 9 18 29 4
Downy Woodpecker 74 16 18 39 26 35 34 11
Hairy Woodpecker 13 2 11 6 10 5 6 1
Northern Flicker 34 9 21 29 31 51 33 24
Pileated Woodpecker 12 4 10 11 14 10 27 3
American Kestrel 73 31 14 61 63 118 53 53
Large Falco 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Phoebe 10 4 4 25 19 14 12 8
Flycatcher sp. 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Loggerhead Shrike 1 -- -- -- 1 3 -- --
Blue Jay 125 49 16 98 92 120 47 60
American Crow 288 202 100 539 674 425 571 259
Horned Lark 1 -- 30 2 -- 1 40 --
Carolina Chickadee 195 52 21 137 132 128 152 31
Tufted Titmouse 149 33 18 126 114 151 98 41
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 -- 4 -- 4 5 -- --
White-breasted Nuthatch 75 36 11 81 45 58 63 9
Brown-headed Nuthatch -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- --
                 
Location Somer-set Wayne
Co.
Glas-
gow
Clay
Co.
Cooke-ville White
Co.
DeKalb
Co.
Warren Co.
Brown Creeper 4 2 6 8 3 3 4 2
House Wren 1 -- -- -- 1 -- 1 1
Winter Wren 8 1 2 7 9 5 4 4
Sedge Wren -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- --
Marsh Wren -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- --
Carolina Wren 199 25 44 139 153 145 101 54
Golden-crowned Kinglet 39 12 14 53 30 36 62 13
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 2 -- 1 5 17 15 1
Eastern Bluebird 256 73 50 216 257 299 129 141
Hermit Thrush 3 2 1 14 4 22 30 5
American Robin 221 17 87 537 162 143 388 221
Brown Thrasher 2 1 -- 2 5 1 -- 2
Northern Mockingbird 143 36 30 66 104 152 79 113
European Starling 35738 6303 1175 776 3665 2853 3539 1916
Cedar Waxwing -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
House Sparrow 65 49 39 72 55 23 65 14
American Pipit -- 2 72 4 9 37 9 52
House Finch 98 4 12 17 61 26 34 20
Purple Finch 3 -- 4 4 cw 1 11 1
Pine Siskin -- -- -- -- 2 3 -- --
American Goldfinch 226 134 49 103 96 88 77 15
                 
Location Somer-set Wayne
Co.
Glas-
gow
Clay
Co.
Cooke-ville White
Co.
DeKalb
Co.
Warren Co.
Eastern Towhee 36 9 9 70 47 33 77 23
American Tree Sparrow -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- --
Chipping Sparrow 20 4 4 4 20 143 62 9
Field Sparrow 190 74 58 203 146 180 123 73
Savannah Sparrow 10 9 1 7 2 72 3 19
Fox Sparrow 17 -- 2 6 5 5 10 --
Song Sparrow 401 106 56 260 280 376 87 57
Swamp Sparrow 25 5 14 24 61 85 1 5
White-crowned Sparrow 82 23 5 11 11 36 3 --
White-throated Sparrow 232 44 118 284 169 400 336 43
Dark-eyed Junco 181 87 79 181 78 298 157 30
Eastern Meadowlark 91 87 39 37 80 314 135 51
Red-winged Blackbird 38 16 120 115 216 84 1150 22
Brown-headed Cowbird 3 54 20 3 6 4 33 --
Rusty Blackbird -- 75 40 2 6 31 1 1
Common Grackle 36120 15384 -- -- 42 -- 2020 15050
     Blackbird sp. -- -- -- -- 10 -- -- --
Common Yellowthroat -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- --
Palm Warbler -- 1 -- -- -- 2 -- --
Pine Warbler -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- --
Yellow-rumped Warbler 22 -- -- 2 6 11 40 4
Northern Cardinal 499 138 83 342 197 413 256 99
 
Total Individuals 79077 25031 7643 6841 8886 10252 12389 19729
 
Total Species 79 83 70 80 83 89 79 71
                 
Location Somer-set Wayne
Co.
Glas-
gow
Clay
Co.
Cooke-ville White
Co.
DeKalb
Co.
Warren Co.

Key to compiler initials:

TMC = Terry M. Campbell
RMD = Roseanna M. Denton
DAD = Douglas A. Downs
WMM  = Wayne M. Mason
SJS = Stephen J. Stedman
CDW = Carol D. Williams

 

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